Sooz’s Spicy Super Bowl Shooters

The reason women don’t play football is because eleven of them would never wear the same outfit in public.
Phyllis Diller

OK, I’ll admit it…I love football! I don’t really know why, but I think a lot of it has to do with food, OK maybe beer and food, OK maybe beer, food, men in tights and the best Bloody Mary’s at the Bengals games on Sundays.

So when I was getting ready to bring an appetizer to our annual neighborhood Super Bowl Party, some kind of shooter with shrimp kept coming to mind.

What I came up with was quite a hit.. a Cooks Illustrated recipe with an added dry rub rim…the perfecto combo…and so follows my adapted spinoff:

4. Season tequila mixture with salt and pepper to taste and pour evenly into 24 shot glasses. Arrange shrimp and lime wedges on edges of glasses and serve.

5. TO MAKE AHEAD: Shrimp can be cooked, chilled, and refrigerated in airtight container for up to 1 day; toss with cilantro, salt, and pepper before serving. Tequila mixture can be refrigerated for up to 8 hours.

Notes:
I used the tasting glasses from Pier One for presentation, love these!

To make a nonalcoholic version, substitute an equal amount of Bloody Mary mix for the tequila.

This turned out great, but I made it even better by rimming the shot glasses with a combo of the following:
2 T. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. paprika
cayenne to taste
Dip glasses in water, then in the mixture before fillng with bloody mary mix

Bloody Maria Shooters

“Anyone who’s just driven 90 yards against huge men trying to kill them has earned the right to do Jazz hands. ”
― Craig Ferguson